The Fayetteville

Planning and Zoning Commission heard an update Tuesday night from developers

of a proposed multiuse development for the south side of the city.

A representative

of the property owners told the commission that the plan is being brought

before the city for a review of the various land uses involved before

specific requests for rezoning or annexation are officially made.

The proposed

land use plan discussed Tuesday totalled 393.6 acres, stretching from

the eastern edge of Ga. Highway 85 south over to Jeff Davis Drive. A mixture

of office, retail, town homes and detached houses is suggested for the

site, which would also contain about 23 percent open space according to

the most recent map.

When completed,

the property would feature an extension of the south Hwy. 92 connector

from Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard to Jeff Davis, giving motorists an alternative

thoroughfare on the southern end of town.

A number of

city officials have said that they would prefer a village-style, mixed-use

development under a single master plan to be used when the south side

is developed.

It was stressed

at the P&Z meeting that several features of the plan are a number

of years away from being developed even if the plan were approved very

soon, although a portion of the commercial and residential property could

be done in a short time.

Another facet

of the plan originally scheduled for discussion Tuesday was the rezoning

request, as portions of the property now designated R-40 (residential),

R-TH (residential-town homes) and O-I (office-institutional) would be

combined in a single tract designated PUD (planned unit development).

That discussion

was postponed so that the land use aspects can be discussed first.

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